Dog Eaters

Experiments with Midjourney

Posted on 09.15.22 under Uncategorized

Intrigued by the results of a well-publicized winner of an art contest,

I checked out midjourney.com to see how easily I could dial in a image for DARK HIGHWAY, the image for the song. I just used a few prompts and came up with the two images below. Midjourney uses “available” images on the internet and composites them with A.I. No credit is given for the images used, obviously no payments are made for anyone’s intellectual property.


There will probably be copyright issues moving forward, but in this beta period, it feels a bit like the wild, wild west. In the future, there will probably be image banks where artists upload much like stock footage where payment could be determined on how much of an image was used in the final result.

The speed that digital imagery is being used in addition to illustration, i.e. video doorbell and surveillance cameras that can be accessed online is outpacing privacy laws and operating in a grey zone.

DARK HIGHWAY uses my own imagery, but in the future, maybe someone else will be using it…

Dark Highway

Posted on 09.11.22 under Uncategorized

You made a pact with the Devil
At the crossroads of your life
Too young for nothing left to lose
Too old to make that an excuse

Blast down a dark highway the signs are flying past
Watching the clock wind down the seconds tick by fast

Fighting to hold back the sunrise
Seduced by illusions in the night
Lost in the sequel of the game
It’s all different but the same

Blast down a dark highway the signs are flying past
Watching the clock wind down the seconds tick by fast

Can’t step back off the ledge once you’ve jumped
Scream free-falling down to your doom
Your money can’t erase the bloody stain
Prove that the demons were really slain

Blast down a dark highway the signs are flying past
Watching the clock wind down the seconds tick by fast
Blast down a dark highway the signs are flying past
Watching the clock wind down the seconds tick by fast

credits

released September 11, 2022
Written, performed, recorded by Malcolm Wong

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StoryComic podcast

Posted on 08.05.22 under Uncategorized

We discuss DOG EATERS and a myriad of subjects and themes that led to the inspiration and seed for this story.

Click here to watch the livecast. This will also be edited and posted again.

Here’s the edit. It’s about 10 minutes shorter.

Malcolm Wong on “Keeping it Geekily

Posted on 07.26.22 under Uncategorized

click here to watch the Podcast with Cody

A far-ranging interview covering the making of DOG EATERS, the socio-economic-political background that created the condition of this post-apocalyptic world, the storymaking process in three parts, and more stories that are to come in the near future.

We also go into a beat by beat breakdown of the first part of Issue #1.

Hired Gun

Posted on 07.24.22 under Uncategorized

This is the time
When all our crimes
And moral paradigms
Amount to one thin dime

Just like tyrannosaur
The comet we’ve been waiting for
Anxiety, fear, and dread
Hangs in the sky above our heads

Awakening

There’s no right or wrong
No mercy for the weak or strong
When you’re a hired gun
The tool of a favorite son


A superficial face appears
On a t-shirt as a souvenir
Promote the need for greed
Created to mislead

Hide your thoughts and consciousness
Behind theatrical pretense
Trace it back to the source
Crush it with all our force

Awakening

There’s no right or wrong
No mercy for the weak or strong
When you’re a hired gun
The tool of a favorite son

Awakening

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released July 24, 2022
Written, performed, recorded by Malcolm Wong

Photo by Malcolm Wong

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